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UK: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones (www.bbc.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Dumbphone seems enough for a "lifeline". Also parental controls where the parent sees absolutely everything seem dystopian af anyway, I would not like to expose my potential child to such an experience.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Lmoa you’re suggesting that me fully managing my seven year old’s phone is dystopian? The free-phone-because-it’s-my-old-phone with great parental controls is way safer than a dumb phone with no contact management or GPS tracking.

You can do whatever the fuck you want in this “dystopian” world, but try to be less judgmental when you think a dumb phone is a better option for a child.